From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

A lighthouse marking the northernmost point of continental South America.

The 17th-century hacienda where Simón Bolívar spent his last days before dying from tuberculosis.

A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.

This tablet indicates where the tragic monarch returned to begin her tumultuous downfall.

This extinct volcano rises above Edinburgh and is special for its panoramic views over the city.

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.

It's said that at this location, a Scottish poet met the Queen of the Fairies.

This small primate research island is teeming with playing, fighting wild monkeys.

A magnificent waterfall nestled in the heart of the El Yunque National Forest.

On a clear day, you can see all the way to the Virgin Islands from the top of this observation tower built in the 1960s.

The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.

A former pyramid-shaped library with colorful murals lies just across the bay from Old San Juan.

The ruins of the first Spanish settlement in Puerto Rico.

A shrine to a skeleton saint in the city of angels.

A look into the Church of Scientology's deeply unfavorable view of psychiatry.

One man's homage to the sun continues to grow like a glass fractal.

During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.